The Lictors are the super-powered jailers of [[the Panopticon]], charged both with preventing escape from the prison and with retrieving escapees or other persons wanted by the Nova Foundation. Employing powerful personal battlesuits and an array of non- …

The Manachaeos Hierarchy is a galactic superpower encompassing over a third of the volume of the Milky Way and comprised of dozens of client races ruled by a race known as the Overseers. Most Earthlings are not aware of the Hierarchy's existence and it …

The Magellanic Confederacy is a loose alliance of several hundred independent, non-aligned systems that defend their right to self-determination and free trade and refuse to take sides in galactic politics. Their existence is unknown to the average …

*Real name:* closest English translation is "The Spiral DMZ" or "The Galactic Neutral Zone"
*Coordinates:* Orion Arm of the Milky Way
*Legal status:* mutually defined by treaty between the Aurian Federation and the Manachaeos Hierarchy; unknown …

*Real name:* Allied Space Security Outpost One
*Coordinates:* high Earth orbit, approximately 600 miles up.
*Legal status:* unknown to the general public, known to the governments of the world.
*Group affiliation:* [[AEGIS]]
*First …

FOUNDRY is the name of a mysterious organization, suspected to be a splinter group of [[the HIVE]], that supplies high-tech weapons, scientific gear, black-market alien artifacts and even designer superpowers to the highest bidder.

*Real name:* none
*Coordinates:* somewhere in New Mexico
*Legal status:* Lost Mesa is believed to be a native myth by most citizens of Earth; its existence is known to various superheroes and adventurers who have encountered it as well as some …

*Real name:* The Floating Fortress
*Coordinates:* potentially any airspace on Earth; often the middle of the North American continent
*Legal status:* Known to the people of Earth, and the Infinity Legion and the Floating Fortress have been …

The Keepers of Eternity are a mysterious group of humans and aliens brought together at [[Event Omega]] and charged with the maintenance of the integrity of Time. Their origins and purpose are unclear and while they have aided Earth's heroes in the past …

*Real name:* none
*Coordinates:* Parsons Crater, the far side of the Moon
*Legal status:* unknown to most citizens of Earth; administered by the United Nations under the terms of a secret international treaty.
*Group affiliation:* none

*Real name:* The People's Scientific Hegemony of Tierra Nova
*Coordinates:* northwestern South America
*Legal status:* officially recognized by most nations of the Earth, Tierra Nova's existence is common knowledge to the average citizen of …

The Delinquents is a loose group of teen-themed supervillains that has had several incarnations over the years, from theft, joyriding and other largely non-violent property crime in the 1950s to gang violence, murder, rape and thrill-killing in its …

The Legion Iniquitous of Earth, or LIE, are a group of super-villains composed of evil alternate-universe duplicates of the Infinity Legion created, or brought into this universe, by the power of [[:the-trickster | The Trickster]].

Manifesting in several incarnations between the 1960s and the present day, the Doom Syndicate are a loose confederation of super-villains formed to challenge first [[The Society of Power Men | The Society of Power Men]] and later the [[Infinity Legion of …

The Nova Foundation is an ostensibly benevolent charity and scientific research group funded by NovaCorp and dedicated to spreading the benefits of [[:adam-nova | Adam Nova]]'s miracle technology across the world. Headquartered in New York and London …

*Real name:* unknown, presumably in a lost alien tongue
*Coordinates:* somewhere beneath the Great Red Spot, Jupiter
*Legal status:* The Ancient of Days remains unknown to the public at large and no government officially claims it. Unofficially …

*Real name:* The Realm of Atlanton
*Coordinates:* much of what is now Europe, Asia and Africa as well as several sunken islands
*Legal status:* unknown to the general public, believed to be a myth
*Group affiliation:* [[Knights of the Round …

*Real name:* Atlas Plaza
*Coordinates:* 5th and Broadway, New York City (formerly)
*Legal status:* Atlas Plaza was known to the general public although its status as headquarters for the Society of Power Men was not common knowledge until after …

*Real name:* The Citadel of Solace
*Coordinates:* somewhere in Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle
*Legal status:* unknown to the general public; known to the US government and the Infinity Legion.
*Group affiliation:* [[Infinity Legion of …

*Real name:* Shamballa or Shangri-La
*Coordinates:* an isolated valley in the Himalayas
*Legal status:* Shamballa is generally believed by the people of Earth to be a myth.
*Group affiliation:* none
*First appearance:* _Society of …

*Real name:* Thomas Union
*Occupation:* former Colonel in the United States Army, current director of AEGIS
*Identity:* publicly known
*Legal status:* citizen of the United States with no criminal record
*Former aliases:* none
* …

*Real name:* Diana Bell
*Occupation:* former United States military and AEGIS operative, former superhero, currently an expert consultant with the Infinity Legion
*Identity:* unknown to the general public
*Legal status:* dual citizen of …

*Real name:* Alex Bell
*Occupation:* Senatorial aide, Democratic Party organizer and pollster
*Identity:* The Machinist's secret identity is not known to the general public.
*Legal status:* dual citizen of Great Britain and the United …

*Real name:* Vlad III Tepes, the Impaler
*Occupation:* former Prince of Wallachia, current Lord of Undead
*Identity:* publicly known but generally believed to be a myth
*Legal status:* operates through a series of false identities (often …

*Real name:* River Winterborne
*Occupation:* college student, fetish model, criminal
*Identity:* Spiderella's identity is not known to the general public.
*Legal status:* citizen of the United States with a criminal record.
*Former …

BACKGROUND
Oldest of three sisters, she was a mixture of tomboy and girly girl growing up. Member of both the cheerleading squad and the field hockey team, it was reading comic books to a very young Tim that she found something that would let her combine …